Bert Blyleven Puns

Who was the better/greater of the two

Bert Blyleven: 287-250, 3.31 ERA, 118 ERA+, 3,701 Ks, 3.19 FIP, 1.198 WHIP

Nolan Ryan: 324-292, 3.19 ERA, 112+ ERA, 5,714 Ks, 2.97 FIP, 1.247 WHIP

Bert Blyleven:

Home: 144-112, 3.29 ERA, 1.195 WHIP

Road: 143-138, 3.34 ERA, 1.201 WHIP

Nolan Ryan:

Home: 189-136, 2.77 ERA, 1.157 WHIP

Road: 135-156, 3.73 ERA, 1.360 WHIP

Bert Blyleven: 96.1 WAR, 51.9 WAA.

5/10 year peak= 35.9/57.2 WAR, 23.0/33.3 WAA.

Nolan Ryan: 83.6 WAR, 34.9 WAA.

5/10 year peak= 25.9/46.4 WAR, 12.8/23.0 WAA

Bert Blyleven: 8.4 H/9, 2.4 BB/9, 6.7 Ks/9, 2.8 Ks per BB

Nolan Ryan: 6.6 H/9 (lowest all time), 4.7 BB/9, 9.5 Ks/9, 2.04 Ks per BB

Bert Blyleven: 0 Cy Young, 1 No-Hitter, 60 Shutouts, 242 CG

Nolan Ryan: 0 Cy Young, 7 No-Hitters, 61 Shutouts, 222 CG

Bert Blyleven: 0 ERA titles, 7x in top 5 in ERA, 10x in top 10,

Nolan Ryan: 2 ERA titles, 5x in top 5 in ERA, 8x in top 10

Bert Blyleven: 1x WHIP leader, 7x in top 5, 11x in top 10

Nolan Ryan: 2x WHIP leader, 5x in top 5, 9x in top 10

Bert Blyleven: 1x Strikeout leader, 13x in top 5, 15x in top 10, 5th all time career Ks

Nolan Ryan: 11x Strikeout leader, 18x in top 5, 20x in top 10, 1st all time career Ks

Bert Blyleven: 2x WAR leader for pitchers, 9x in top 5, 13x in top 10, 12th all time P in WAR

Nolan Ryan: 0x WAR leader for pitchers, 5x in top 5, 8x in top 10, 20th all time P in WAR

Blyleven cards are so fun to use and this one would be nasty with 125 h/9.

And yes, he would be a Rangers card!

Please SDS...

Hi MLBTheShow community, I’m looking to finish the AL West collection and he’s the only one I need. However, it says he’s an event card. How in the world do I get him?

Thank you in advance for the help

I’m a fairly casual baseball fan, and I hadn’t heard of Bert Blyleven until his name came up on the greatest players of all time by jersey number poll a little while back. When I was doing some research on him, I found that most sources wouldn’t really talk about any pitches that he threw besides his curveball. One article mentions that he only threw a 4 seamer and curveball during his early career, but doesn’t mention what changed. His hall of fame bio says he threw 2 curveballs but no other source backs that up. Watching some footage, it looks like he throws a 2-seamer but I’m not sure.

Could someone more familiar with 70s-80s baseball give a breakdown of his pitches?

I've basically just been playing the RIB showdown lately to get all the players/sell the more expensive ones when I pull them. Every time I get Blyleven in the final showdown I know I'm fucked. Yesterday I went into the showdown 12-12 and didn't scrape across a run until 4 outs remaining. Then I did the same thing with 3 outs remaining. And now I just went in 12-12 again and lost. Didn't get a guy on base the entire first time through the order, and then when I finally did I immediately grounded into a double play. I can't hit the guy. Does anyone have that one card that for whatever reason you just can't hit against them to save your life?

I’m trying to make a Bert blyleven player in success mode, and I’m wondering if any of you guys who are more familiar with 70s-80s baseball can give me some info on him.

For velocity, the only thing I have to go on is that his curveball was in the low 80s. I think I should make his 4 seamer 92-93, and possibly use my original pitch (which will be a drop curve) to get the speed up if necessary.

Besides the drop curve, what other breaking pitches did he have? I’ve seen articles claim he threw a two seamer, a secondary curveball, and a changeup, but never all three.

Control I imagine will be a B or so, stamina will be 200+ with durability 4 and recovery 4 since he pitched so many innings.

Are there any special abilities he should have? I’m thinking spin 4 makes sense, maybe groundball pitcher, maybe doctor k? Any negative abilities?

Finally getting around to reading Keith Law's "Smart Baseball", and in the chapter where he's blasting the worth of pitcher wins as a stat, one of the pieces of evidence he used was that it took Bert 14 years to get into the HOF, largely because, in Law's opinion, he didn't have 300 wins (he finished with "only" 287). One of the reasons that's ridiculous, says Law, is that Bert threw 75 complete games where he got the loss. That stat blew my mind!

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Loved his 98 last year